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HOLOCEPHALAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holocephalan mean? 

HOLOCEPHALAN (noun)
  The noun HOLOCEPHALAN has 1 sense:

1. fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tailplay

  Familiarity information: HOLOCEPHALAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLOCEPHALAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

holocephalan; holocephalian

Hypernyms ("holocephalan" is a kind of...):

cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holocephalan"):

chimaera (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail)

Holonyms ("holocephalan" is a member of...):

Holocephali; subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct forms)


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